All Entries in the "Entertainment Cyberscope" Category
New MBA in the Music Industry Promises to Meet Music Industry Challenges in the 21st Century
Following is an Interview with Helen Gammons, Program Director for the new MBA in the Music Industry, Henley Business School, London, England. This interview 1st appeared in my column, Convergence In Entertainment, on Technorati.com. (See video at end of interview) In the New Millennium, the music industry calls for new leadership. Both labels and Indie [...]
Home Studios and Mastering
In the LinkedIn group, “Music Producers Forum,” I started a discussion on home studios and mastering. It received over 400 posts (including mine). Jomar Reyes is the excellent manager of the group. PDF file: Home Studios and Mastering – Music Producers Forum – JerryFlattum The opening question for the discussion was as follows (link leads [...]
Tales From The Script – A must watch for all screenwriters
The documentary, Tales From The Script, is not something you watch once. The more I get to see the faces of the writers who have so inspired me to write my own stories, well, the more inspired I get. It’s not just the tips and tricks of how to navigate Hollywood, but even more so [...]
What is Songster?
Photo from the blog, Record Fiend There’s not alot of information on the history of songster. Following is a link to my definition of Songster, a reference I make to myself, and definitions of songster by AllMusic.com and Wikipedia. AllMusic.com offers this definition: The songster tradition both pre-dated and co-existed with blues music, especially in [...]
Character Arch
Examples: moth to butterfly learning new skills young to old sick to well single to married straight to gay republican to democrat bad attitude to good drunk to sober irresponsible to responsible poor to rich finding religion anonymous to fame loser to winner uncaring to caring introvert to extrovert loner to socialite ugly to beautiful [...]
Majors vs. Indies War – LinkedIn – Music Industry Network
The following discussion appears in the LinkedIn Group, “Music Industry Network.” As of 2.18.12, 10:30PM EST., there are 281 posts. To participate you must join the group. Are major labels really evil? Why the Indie Movement? Do unsigned artists really believe they can pump out hits and become stars without a major label backing? Indie [...]
Recording and Mastering – LinkedIn – Independent Recording Artist Community
In the LinkedIn Group, Independent Recording Artist Community, the following discussion on recording and mastering came to a halt but received over 400 posts (including mine). Following is a reprint of the initial question posted in the discussion. The link leads to the discussion. The greatest mystery in recording is mastering. Send it out or do [...]
Home Studios and Mastering – LinkedIn – Music Producers Forum
The following link leads to a discussion on home studios and mastering in the LinkedIn group, “Music Producers Forum.” The discussion is no longer active but received more than 400 posts (including mine). Compared to David Foster, Rick Rubin, Trevor Horn, Vernon Reid, etc. do you really think you can compete from a home studio? [...]
Whitney Houston, One of the Greatest Performers of All Time, is Dead
Author: Jerry Flattum Published: February 12, 2012 at 9:48 pm The media coverage surrounding Whitney Houston’s death is appalling and horrific. I am deeply saddened that the irresponsibility on the part of both officials and the media has failed to provide us the news–the information–an adoring public deserves when such a great artist dies. Of course the [...]
SIGGRAPH 2012 Puts a Visual on the City of Angels
The following article originally appeared on Technorati.com in my column, Convergence In Entertainment Author: Jerry Flattum Published: February 12, 2012 at 10:04 pm Announcing the SIGGRAPH 2012 conference is an update keeping in line with the original 2012 events listing available in this column, Convergence In Entertainment.In 2011, SIGGRAPH was allegedly Vancouver’s largest conference. This year’s conference at LA’s Convention Center–August 5-9–should prove no [...]
